(Art) Rondeau can lay claim to singlehandedly improving the shooting of Allan Houston and
Marcus Camby of the New York Knicks, Chris Burgess of Duke, Troy Smith of Rhode Island College, Dickey Simpkins and Michael
Smith when they were at Providence College in the early-90s, the entire San Diego State mens hoop team in 1999 and, in perhaps
his greatest accomplishment, helping to boost notorious NBA bricklayer Chris Dudley's free throw percentage from 46 percent
to 70 percent while under Rondeau's tutelage.
"My honest feeling is that all you can do is prepare yourself mentally and physically.
The way I look at it, God is going to have his way with you, but Art has had a lot to do with it."
Despite all his accomplishments over the years, however, Rondeau has never received the
type of attention he's been getting since the New York Post ran a well-placed blurb a few weeks ago on the help he
gave Allan Houston back in the 1999-2000 season. Houston shot 58 percent while under Rondeau's program and was quoted as saying
the program "has helped me a lot more than I thought."
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Allan Houston -- 1999-2000 Prior to All-Star Break
Games
PPG FG 3Pt Team
Record
Off Program 23 17.2 40%
38% 12-11 (.522)
On Program 24 24.5 57% 53% 17-7 (.708)
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"He just helped me to be able to stay focused. For me to be as successful
as I have been I almost had to shoot 50 percent for the way this team is and the way I get shots...(Art) really had a lot
to do with that." -- Allan Houston, New York Knicks guard, to the New York Post (April, 2000)